Pritikuta

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Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Pritikuta (प्रीतिकूट) was the village where Banabhatta, the author of Kadambari and Harshacharita was born to Chitrabhānu and Rājadevi. The village of Pritikuta was situated on the banks of the Hiranyavaha probably in the current district of Chhapra in modern-day Bihar.

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In Harsha Charita

The Harsha Charita of Bana/Chapter II mentions The Visit of Banabhatta to the King Harshavardhana...."having paid his homage to the family deities and being followed by his own brahmans with their hands holding flowers and fruits and muttering the apratiratha hymn, - he went out from the village of Pritikuta, setting his right foot first".

प्रीतिकूट

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[1] ने लेख किया है .....प्रीतिकूट (AS, p.592) पर 'कादम्बरी' और 'हर्षचरित' के प्रख्यात लेखक महाकवि 'बाण' का जन्म स्थान तथा पैतृक निवास स्थान था। 'हर्षचरित' के 'प्रथमोच्छवास' में इस स्थान को गंगा और शोण नदी के संगम से दक्षिण की ओर स्थित बताया गया है। उपरोक्त कथन के आधार पर प्रीतिकूट को वर्तमान पटना (बिहार) या शाहाबाद ज़िले में स्थित मानना उपयुक्त होगा।

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